Cattle-pump



UNITED sTATEsATENr oFFioE.

THOMAS H. POWERS, OF WYOCENA, WISCONSIN.

cATTL-ELPUMP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,884, dated May 13, 1856.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. POWERS, of IVyocena, in the county ofColumbia and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cattle- Pumps; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, which represents a perspective view of theentire apparatus.

The nature of my invention/relates to that class of pumps wherein thestepping of the cattle upon a pivoted platform causes the pump to workfor a certain period, and thus raise up water to a trough orreservoir-the power to drive the pump being produced by the weight ofthe cattle, also in placing the pump or well at a distance from theplatform so as to prevent any injury to the water by the eXcrement &c.of the cattle falling intoit.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing.

A, represents a substantial frame of quadrangular form, upon the toprails B, of which, is arranged a cradle or rocking platform C, Securedto said rails by the deadeye bolt-s a.

The center sill D, of the rocking platform C, projects beyond the sidepieces or rockers E, and to its projecting end is secured a cord orchain b, which passes upward, and is wound around a shaft F, supportedin proper bearings, on the frame Gr. Upon one end of the shaft F, is adrum or pulley H, to which one end of a cord 0, is attached, the otherend of said cord being connected to the brake or lever I. The lever I,is pivoted at d, and loaded at the end of its long arm by a weight J. Tothe short arm of the lever I, is attached the valve rod e, which mayoperate in a pump stock K, of any well known form of construction.

L, is a nozzle connected to the pump K, through which the water, drawnup by the working of the lever I, passes into a trough or otherreceptacle so arranged, as that the cattle must step onto the platform,to get at it.

The rear end of the platform C, is provided with a railing f to preventthe cattle I from standing upon that end of it, and said rear end may beweighted, so as to press it down when the cattle step olf from the frontend thereof, and thus leave the front end of the platform raised up, andready to work the pump, as soon as the cattle step upon the said frontend. The side rails E, of the platform, are sloped off at front and rearto give them a rocker shape, and the front points of said sills, maypass into mortises or slots in the posts G, to prevent said plat-formfrom skewing on the rails B, while they may freely oscillate thereon.The brake or lever I, vibrates through a slot z' in one of the posts G,to keep it in proper position.

rlihe operation of the pump is as follows: When the platform C iswithout the weight of the cattle upon it, it stands as seen in thedrawing with the front end tipped up; and the brake lever is then down,as seen also in the figure*the cord or chain b being wound up on theshaft F, and the cord or chain c, unwound from the drum or pulley H. Nowif weight be applied to the front end of the platform, as when cattlestep upon it to drink it will drop down, unwinding t-he cord Z), andrevolving the shaft F, which through the drum II, winds up the cord 0,and raises the lever I, which lowers the valve or rod e, that carriesthe valve, and leaves the pump ready to throw up water, whenever thecattle step olf from the platform; for whenever the platform is relievedof the weight upon it, it tips up and t-he brake I, falls making a throwof water, and its falling unwinds the cord 0, and winds up that b,leaving the apparatus ready for a second similar operation, and so on.Instead, however, of the pump raising water by the dropping of the leverI, it may be so arranged as that the rising of the lever will force outthe water as follows: Suppose the stock K to contain a quantity ofwater, and the plunger on the rod e, to be forced down upon said body ofwaterit will force the lwater up and out through the nozzle L, into thetrough or other receiver. In this case the water is furnished when thecattle step onto the platform, instead of when they leave it, as abovede- \scribed. Other forms of pumps may be used, the object aimed atbeing, the raising of the Water by the Weight of the cattle on theplatform may be placed at a distance the platform. from the dwell,vsubstzmtally as shown and I do not claim operating the platform setforth.

and raising Water by the Weight of the THOS. I-I. POWERS.

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The specific means described, whereby ISAAC WOODLE.

